Motive and rightness / Steven Sverdlik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sverdlik, Steven, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consequentialism (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 203 pages)

Other Title:

Motive & rightness

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This books answers the question: Does the motive of an action ever make a difference to whether that action is morally right or wrong? Sverdlik's answer is yes. He analyses the nature of motives and their relation to normative judgements and intentions, and argues that consequentialism gives the best account of these matters.

Contents:

The Deontic relevance of motives

The nature of motives

Consequentialism and motives

Intrinsic consequentialism

Testing Kantian Maxims

Treating humanity as an end

Doing the right thing from malice

The availability of motives

Remaining questions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-172540-4

0-19-959494-5